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1375.—Shooting at Butts A “butt” is an old name for a target used for longbow archery practice; the place where people practice to fire arrows is called an archery butts. The targets were usually placed on mounds of earth. [more...] |
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1376.—St. Albans Hawking Party Falconry in the 15th century, with St. Albans Abbey in the background. [more...] |
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1377.—Whitsun Morris-Dance. Whitsunday, or Whitsun, is the seventh Sunday after Easter, and is a time for a holiday. The Morris-dance was originally a Moorish dance. These days it involves men with white socks (always a bad start) and bells on their wrists and ankles, and lots of beer. There are also Morris dances on May Day. [more...] |
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Stratford Church. Interior, seen from the door. [more...] |
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Methley Hall, Wallpaper Version A version of the Methley Hall coloured engraving; this version has been cropped slightly so that it’s the right size for a computer desktop background, or wallpaper. [more...] |
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Chantry Chapel Chantry Chapel, Adjoining the Beauchamp Chapel, Warwick [more...] |
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1422.—Queen Anne Boleyn. (From a Painting by Holbein.) Thus Anne Bullen [Anne Boleyn] was at last Queen of England, and Katherine deposed. (p. 23) |
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1423.—Hever Castle. (From an Original Sketch) Anne Bullen [Anne Boleyn] behaved throughout the whole affair with the utmost prudence. Shehad determiend to be the king’s wife, not his mistress; and from that determnation ensued events, the importance of which, in relation to the destinies of the country, it is hardly possible to overrate. Hever Castle (Fig. 1423), Kent, was the family residence [...] [more...] |
